What books are your 6/7yo's reading?

[ElenorRigby]

DSD6 loves reading, I'm wondering about what books to buy her!
TIA

My 7yr old nephew loves Horrid Henry.

Counting, I'm a bit surprised at some of the answers on here too. (And I knew Profiterole Thief was joking!)

DS is reading really simple things like Spot!

Just read Miss Hardbrooms's post.

In that case, DS is loving Narnia.

DD3's favourite books in all the world are Mr Gum. And those sodding Rainbow Fairies and similar tripe like Secret Unicorn, Unicorn School or indeed anything with a shiny cover and a title which includes a combination of any of the following words: Unicorn Pony Sparkly Fairy Princess School Witch Magic.

depressingly, in my local Borders, when I asked their 'Children's Book Specialist' (according to her name badge) for advice about books for 6 y.o girls, she took me, very enthusiastically, to a giant bookcase full of Sparkly Unicorn Secret Princess Sleepover Club books and announced 'Here. This is what we stock for little girls'.

We love The Worst Witch books here. Some really challenging vocab so we read it together but dd(nearly 7) really gets them and I enjoy them too.

lol at posting that straight after a post by Miss Hardbroom!

other side of channel and profiterole

dd enjoys (me reading to her):

Jenius: the amazing guinea pig by Dick King smith

The Katie art series by James Mayhew
(sounds a bit pretentious but isn't - v. child friendly). The London one is a particular favourite

www.amazon.co.uk/Katie-British-Artists-James-Mayhew/dp/1846167361

Tried to get her interested in the newly re-published Janet and John series (went all nostalgic and bought it for her) and well, they are not very enthralling are they?

If it's any consolation, my 8 year old dd now loathes rainbow fairy book, having read loads of them. We're about to put them on Ebay so she can buy some new books for her shelves.

She's now into Spooks by Joseph Delaney and is about to start the first Harry Potter, so no serious damage done.

Has no-one mentioned Astrosaurs??? Space going dinosaurs . . . what more could a 6 yo want

Clemancy Pogue Fairy Killer is one of our favs at the moment.

Oooh squilly, you mean there is hope then?
Dd was given a pile of rainbow fairy books last week by a lovely girl down the road who had outgrown them. Dd has been devouring them ever since and has gone from never mentioning fairies to talking about them, pretending to be one, drawing them and writing about them. Arrrrgh.

Mind you, is animal ark any better?

Astrosaurs sound cool but dd is quite girly in her reading - anything involving animals, fairies, witches and real people.

I tried her on the Worst Witch at Christmas (she was given one Worst Witch book by a friend) but it was a wee bit too hard for her. May try again, if for no other reason than to have a break from these rainbow fairies!

Oooh, cross-posted. There are books about a fairykiller? [logs onto Amazon]

Yes I got the fairy killer book as a bit of a joke because I was so sick of fainbow fairies. It had dd in constant giggles for several days. I read it myself to see why and it is great. Beautifully written.

I third (or fourth) the library! Dd (6) is working her way through the green spot stickers section - younger chapter books. Current favourites are the Ottoline books, the Daisy books, Dick King-Smith (she seems to be trying to read his complete oeuvre ), rainbow/unicorn/mermaid/animal/pony type books, some Roal Dahl etc

The thing about books aimed at this age range is that they're usually quite short, so if they're proficient readers they can zip through them in no time - the library means she can work out what she likes by herself - and saves me a small fortune

I wouldn't worry too much about an overload of fairies - it seems to be a stage they all go through but not to last too long, even if it seems like an eternity at the time. If nothing else it probably improved dd's reading since I refused to read any more fairy books after the first couple .

The only trouble we have with our small library is that unless you know what you want & can order it you tend to run through the things that are to your taste very quickly (both adult & child) as they probably only have half a dozen or so of any given type of book.

One other book I've mentioned on here a few times is Anna Hibiscus which is a lovely little book about a small girl in Africa. Its one of the Walker book Racing Reads, they mostly seem to be about the same reading level as Rainbow Fairies but with some real plot & less inclined to drive you round the bend

Had a look on Amazon at the fairy killer one - it seems a wee bit too advanced for dd at this stage - but I have put it on my wishlist so I remember it for her 7th birthday in December.

Anna Hibiscus looks great too - sadly Amazon won't let me look inside the book to look at print and style etc but I liek the idea of them.